Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2010-0410

drivers/connector/connector.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system crash) by sending the kernel many NETLINK_CONNECTOR messages.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 8.10, 9.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)